The snake bite In the West bottom we raised watermelons and muskmelons for the market but the house melon -and garden patch was back of the barn on the edge of the cane field. one day i took a corn knife from the tool shed and went out to get me a watermelon for my own use. I was forbidden to carry a corn knife, which had a blade ng there turn to p 34, and listen to the text melon was in two was going along thumping melons for a ripe one when all at once my foot seemed to come down on something like a needle. I thought I had stepped into a mess of sandbursIn the West Bottom we raised watermelons and muskmelons for the market, but the house melon-and￾garden patch was back of the barn on the edge of the cane field. One day I took a corn knife from the tool shed and went out to get me a watermelon for my own use. I was forbidden to carry a corn knife, which had a blade longer than my arm. But it was the best thing there was for cutting a melon. One swipe and your melon was in two. I was going along thumping melons for a ripe one when all at once my foot seemed to come down on something like a needle. I thought I had stepped into a mess of sandburs. The Snake Bite Turn to p.34, and listen to the text